The Japanese Radical: 舌


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Meaning
tongue    舌

Explanation The radical shita stands for the tongue.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 5Joyo 2
speak, talk, conversation
hanashi, hanasu, WA
Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: tongue 舌
When words are formed by the tongue, that is speaking.  
JLPT 3Joyo 2
life, vigor, vitality, activity
KATSU
Left: water 氵, right: a tongue 舌
Water on the tongue gives life and vigor.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
word, address, speech, resign
yameru, JI
Left: tongue 舌, right: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo)
On the tongue it is too bitter: I stop my words.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
tongue
shita, ZETSU
Top: thousand 千, below: mouth 口
Thousand mouths with tongues.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
revolt, riot, disorder, confuse
midareru/su, RAN
Left: tongue 舌 (thousand 千, mouth 口), right: kneeling person 乚 (here: hook)
(If the government came up with the absurd idea of) the people's tongues piercing with a hook, there would be a revolt!  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bind, fasten, summarize, collect
kukuru, KATSU
Left: hand 扌, right: tongue 舌 (thousand 千 mouths 口)
With your hands and tongue you can bind or summarize.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
rest, relax, relaxation
ikou, KEI
Top: tongue 舌 and self 自 (The accented ノ eye 目 as the "self"), bottom: heart 心
My tongue, myself and my heart need a rest.  

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